Blazing to Biomedical Careers II (BBC II)

在过去的4年里，劳森州立大学和杰斐逊州立大学社区学院(LSCC，JSCC) 和阿拉巴马大学伯明翰分校(UAB)联手开发了一种动态 为社区大学学生在四年制院校和 然后进入生物医学和行为学研究生课程和职业生涯。通向生物医学的桥梁 Careers(BBC)提议，其80%的学生将在#年进入一个为期4年的大学课程 生物医学和行为科学，75%将获得学士学位，35%将进入生物医学毕业生 受过教育的人中有35%的人会进入生物医学领域。联合STEM教育合作 这3所学校、积极的招聘、密切的教职员工和同行指导在 BBC的成功。59名学生进入了BBC，86%的学生完成了生物医学的AS- 在相关领域，100%是毕业生或仍在BBC工作，100%是代表性不足的少数民族，5% 都在攻读生物医学研究生课程。BBC II将通过更紧密的合作进一步促进这一成功 三所学院在研究和教育方面的互动以及教职员工和同行的增加 指导，以及在3个校区开设新的协作生物医学课程。额外的5年 将允许我们识别BBC/BBCII元素，预测哪些学生将 从BBC/BBC II的各个方面获益最多。生物医学研究在 然而，少数群体在这一劳动力队伍中的比例仍然偏低。少数群体构成 ~29%的美国人口，但仅持有~7%的博士学位和仅~4%的RO1 生物医学和行为科学。许多少数族裔学生缺乏及早参与， 有机会发展技能和内容知识，以完成工商管理硕士课程。BBCII将 为社区学院的学生提供教育机会、实习机会和指导 这将向他们介绍生物医学和行为研究，并为他们准备严谨的 UAB的高级课程。这些学生的暑期研究实习将获得报酬。 并在学年期间提供研究/指导机会。将鼓励学生 成为BBC II新学员的同行导师，从而促进成功过渡到UAB和 更远一点。表现最好的实习生将被招募回到他们的社区大学与 学生们关于他们的研究以及如何成为一名生物医学研究人员。更广泛的影响 BBC II将在生物医学和行为学领域创建一支新的少数族裔个人干部 研究。智力上的优点将是确定参与和准备的方法 在生物医学和行为研究的职业中代表不足的学生。两个人 社区大学是不同的，因此BBC II将为不同的学生确定最佳方法。

Over the past 4 years, Lawson State and Jefferson State Community Colleges (LSCC, JSCC) and the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) joined together to develop a dynamic program bridging community college students into biomedical education at 4-year institutions and then on to biomedical and behavioral graduate programs and careers. Bridges to Biomedical Careers (BBC) proposed that 80% of its students would enter into a 4-year college program in biomedical and behavioral sciences, 75% would gain a BS, 35% would enter biomedical graduate education and 35% would enter biomedical careers. Joint STEM education collaborations among the 3 schools, aggressive recruitment and close faculty and peer mentoring were important in BBC’s success. 59 students have entered BBC, 86% have completed an AS in a biomedical- related field, 100% are graduates or still in BBC, 100% are underrepresented minorities, and 5 are in biomedical graduate programs. BBC II will enhance this success further by closer interactions among the 3 colleges in research and education and increased faculty, peer mentoring, and new collaborative biomedical courses on the 3 campuses. An additional 5 years of student tracking will allow us to identify of BBC/BBCII elements that predict which students will gain most from various aspects of BBC/BBC II. Biomedical research is expanding rapidly in the US; however, minorities continue to be underrepresented in this workforce. Minorities constitute ~29% of the US population, but hold only ~7% of PhD degrees and only ~4% of RO1 grants in biomedical and behavioral science. Many minority students lack early engagement and opportunities to develop skills and content knowledge to complete BS programs. BBCII will provide students at community colleges with educational opportunities, internships and mentoring that will introduce them biomedical and behavioral research and prepare them for rigorous advanced coursework at UAB. The students will be paid for their summer research internships and for research/mentoring opportunities during the school year. Students will be encouraged to be peer mentors to newer BBC II students, thus facilitating a successful transition to UAB and beyond. Top performing interns will be recruited to return to their community college to talk to students about their research and how to become a biomedical researcher. The Broader Impact of BBC II will be to create a new cadre of minority individuals in biomedical and behavioral research. The Intellectual Merit will be to identify methods that engage and prepare underrepresented students for careers in biomedical and behavioral research. The two community colleges are different, and thus BBC II will identify best methods for diverse students.